Catalogue description Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company

Incorporated under act of 18th August 1846. Power was given under Section 50 for East Lancashire Railway Company to purchase Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company. This sale was agreed to at special meeting of proprietors of Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company held on the 30th September 1846 and by proprietors of East Lancashire Railway Company on 2nd October 1846.

Under Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railways Amalgamation Act 13th August 1859, East Lancashire Railway Company was dissolved and vested in Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company.

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company was amalgamated with London and North Western Railway Company under latter title as from 1st January 1922 under London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire railway companies' Amalgamation Scheme 1921 dated 20th December 1921, and London and North Western Railway Company was amalgamated into London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.